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JOSEPH F. ROCK 
Cyrtandra longifolia Hillebr. var. degenerans C. B. Clarke, 
forma auriculaefolia Rock n. f. 
Stem fleshy; leaves quaternate, broadly obovate-oblong, obtuse at 
the apex, dark on both surfaces, as well as slightly pubescent, i8 cm. 
long, 5.5-6.5 cm. wide, subsessile, and broadly auriculate, with a basal 
diameter of about 3 cm. in the older leaves; peduncle 3 mm., usually 
three-flowered; pedicels 5 mm.; calyx fusiform, thin, 20 mm. long, 
subglabrous; corolla slightly exserted, the lobes small, unequal. 
Maui: Western division, Honokawai gulch, deep, shaded places, 
along the stream, flowering Aug. 25, 1910, Rock no. 8159 in herb. 
College of Hawaii. 
Differs from the other forms in the dark, broadly obovate-oblong, 
auriculate leaves. 
Cyrtandra longifolia Hillebr. var. calpidicarpa Rock n. var. 
Shrub I m. high, branching; leaves quaternate, elliptical-oblong, 
membranous, pale underneath, light green above, glabrous on both 
sides, excepting a reddish brown pubescence along the midrib, shortly 
and unevenly dentate, subentire in the lower portion, acuminate at the 
apex and base, 10-16 cm. long, 3-4 cm. wide, on a petiole of 2.5-3 cm.; 
peduncle 2 mm., 2-3-flowered, reddish-tomentose ; pedicels 2 mm.; 
bracts foliaceous nearly as long as the calyx, the latter caducous, thin, 
fusiform, glabrate, excepting the acuminate lobes; corolla curved, 
exserted, 20 mm. long, including the spreading, subequal lobes; berry 
long-cylindrical, 3.5-4 cm. long, 4 mm. wide. 
Oahu: Windward side, Waiahole Valley, on rocky wall, near 
waterfall at the head of the valley; flowering and fruiting Jan. 17, 
1909, Rock, type no. 1093 in herb. College of Hawaii. 
Remarkable for its long cyhndrical fruit which, in shape, reminds 
one of those of Calpidia. It is so far the only Cyrtandra found in 
these Islands, with a 4 cm. long, cylindrical fruit. 
Cyrtandra Waianuensis Rock n. sp. 
Plant 1.5-2 m. high, erect, single stemmed, not branching; stem 
somewhat fleshy towards the apex, thick, woody and brittle towards 
the base, with a large crown of sessile leaves at the apex; leaves 
broadly oblong, subentire, or faintly dentate, dark green above, pale 
underneath, glabrous above, pubescent below, with fine yellowish- 
brown hair, obtuse or subacute at the apex, 30-45 cm. or more long, 
15-20 cm. wide, thin, rnembranous to chartaceous, suddenly contract- 
ing at the base, sessile to subsessile; inflorescence densely clustered 
in the axils of the leaves on a common peduncle of 2-3 mm., with 
